Monday, 19 May 2008

Flowers

I went for a massive walk around Montserrat, which you can find out about in one of my coming posts. I noticed that I took heaps of photos of flowers on the good old macro lens and so I thought I would just put them all together here. So if you don't like extreme close-ups of flowers then you can skip this post and go straight to the pictures of weird rock formations and hermit hovels in the next post.

I have no idea what any of these flowers are and any Europeans/Spanish reading this are probably thinking "what's she doing taking all these photos of weeds?" But I liked these wild flowers (or weeds) and having grown up in the tropics we don't have such an abundance of flowers that you get in more temperate climates.

I'm sure this flower is definitely a weed as it seems to grow everywhere in Spain, but I really liked the crinkly texture of the petals.

Yes, this is a dandelion head (I think) so not really a flower (at least at the moment) and also a weed.

Paris Top 10

5. The Louvre (but if pressed for time only see the things listed on the map)

6. Musee Marmottan-Monet, though you can't take any photos

7. Tour Montparnasse (expensive, but the view is awesome)

8. Sacre Coeur and Montmarte, just watch out for the guys with the wrist bands trying to grab you

9. Arc de Triomphe and Champs-Elysees

10. Eating at a quiet restaurant in the Marais

Places I Want to Visit

Corsica

Barcelona

Nice and Monaco

Verdun and the Alsace region

Fointanbleu

Giverny

Wines I have Tried So Far (and my rating/thoughts)

White Wines

Kir (this is a mixture of white wine and blackcurrent liquor, drunk as an aperitif and is delicious)Pinot Gris (yummy)Champagne (not bad, but not Mercier)

Red Wines

Bordeaux (my god, how have I not tried this before now)Burgundy (yuck)Pinot Noir (Ok, but it's no bordeaux)

Rose (I suppose this should really be in both the red and the white columns)- this is nice, especially with lunch on a sunny Sunday, not very alcoholic and quite refreshing

Things I Hate About Blogger

The preview is not actually a preview

When you add an image it automatically places it at the top of the page

The spelling is in American so I've been thinking for ages that there was something wrong with the word organise, and not for the life of me being able to work out what it was. (I don't really hate Blogger because of that, Americans do rule the world after all)